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EMIL KIPPER, OF ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAR OR CUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,287, dated August 21, 1888.

Serial No. 182,135. No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL KIPPER, a German subject, residing at Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in C01- lars and Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

In my application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 161,335, filed April 6, 1865, a claim was allowed for a skirt or cape cemented to a collar or cuff made of zylonite or other pyroxyline compound, such cape being for the purpose of pinning or otherwise attaching the collar or cuff to a dress or other article of wearing-apparel.

The object of my present invention is to provide a zylonite or other pyroxyline collar or cuff with a cape which can be made to project from either longitudinal edge thereof, for the purpose of permitting the collar or cuff to be reversed when occasion demands or when desired for any purpose.

The object of my invention I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of one style of col lar provided with my invention; Fig. 2, a simi lar view of a cuff; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view of the collar; Fig. 4, a similar view of the cuff; Fig. 5, a plan view of a cuff, showinga modification, in which the cape con sists of two pieces separately attached to the cuff at points remote from the longitudinal edges thereof; Fig. 6, a similar view of another modification,showing the cape composed of a single piece attached centrally between the longitudinal edges of the cuff and secured by strips remote from such edges; Fig. 7, a similar view showing the cape extended from one longitudinal edge of the cuff, and Fig. 8 a like view showing the cape extended from the opposite edge of the cuff.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, where- The number 1 indicates the bodyofthe article, which may be of any of the usual styles ordinarily employed in manufacturing collars and cuffs. The collar or cuff may have one longitudinal edge finished with squared corners and the opposite edge finished with curved corners, or both edges may be similarly constructed. The article is cut from a sheet of zylonite or other pyroxyline compound, or from a sheeticomprising an interlining of textile or other fabric covered on both sides with thin sheets of zylonite or other pyroXyline compound.

The cape 2 may be made ofteXtile or any other fabric or material which can be pinned or otherwise attached to an article of wearing-apparel, and if made of textile material it may be treated with pyroxyline or other waterproofing compound. This cape is attached at or adjacent to the center of the collar or cuff by means of a strip, 3, of zylonite or other pyroxyline material,laid over the attaching-edge of the cape and projecting beyond its ends, and cemented in place by heat and pressure, which is readily effected, as the collar or cuff is composed wholly or in part of a pyroxyline compound. The attached part of the cape is in such position on the collar or cuff that the cape can be turned to project from either longitudinal edge thereof, whereby the collar or cuff can be reversed as occasion demands, or whenever desired for any purpose.

The cape and the strip may be of any desired shape and dimensions.

The cape in Figs. 1 and 3 is composed of one thickness of fabric; but in Figs. 2 and 4 it is of two thicknesses, produced by cementing the cape intermediate its ends to the collar or cuff by means of the strip 3, if desired, and then bringing the unattached parts of the cape together, as in Fig. 4.

In Fig. 5 the cape 2 consists of two pieces, each cemented at one edge at points remote from the longitudinal edges of the cuff, so that both parts can be turned to extend in the same direction, with one or both parts projecting from either edge of the cuff.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the cape is cemented to the cuff intermediate the longitudinal edges thereof, and two separate pieces, 3, of pyroXyline material are cemented across the same,so that said cape can be turned to project from either edge of the cuff, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

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Having thus described my invention, What and projecting beyond the ends thereof, sub- :0 I claim is stantially as shown and described. As a new article of manufacture, a zylonite In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigor other py'roxyline collar or cuff having a nature in presence of two witnesses.

5 cape of textile fabric cemented thereto at or 1 adjacent the center of the article, said cape EMIL being fastened by means of an auxiliary strip \Vitnesses: of zylonite or other pyroxyline material placed HY. SOHOMBURG,

along the attaching-edge of the textile fabric H. H. SOHURMANN. 

